Alien Breed 3D
Developer(s)Team17
Publisher(s)Ocean Software
SeriesAlien Breed
Platform(s)Amiga 1200/4000, Amiga CD32
Release1995
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Alien Breed 3D is a first-person shooter, the fourth game in Team17's Alien Breed franchise, a series of science fiction-themed shooters. It was published in 1995 by Ocean Software. It was followed by a sequel, Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds, in 1996.

Plot

Osiris III's commanding officer, Captain J.T. Reynolds contacts Earth Defense Force General R.E. Grant reporting how the secret Project Osiris has slipped out of scientists' hands: attempts have been made to cultivate the alien eggs found in Azirin by cloning them and combining with human DNA, leading to remarkable results, but due to system failures, the Breed has been unleashed and killed people at the research station. In the message, Reynolds announces that he has found weapons and other supplies in a decommissioned observatory and plans to return to the base to find an escape route from the planet and possibly destroy the Breed's source in the meantime before his own oxygen supplies dwindle.

Gameplay

Alien Breed 3D is a first-person shooter. The game has maps of varying depths with platforms and floors above others, something the Doom engine was not capable of.[1][2]

Development

Team17 released the source codes for Alien Breed 3D and its sequel, Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds, for personal use on the March 1997 cover CD of Amiga Format.[3]

Reception

Alien Breed 3D was released to critical acclaim among the Amiga gaming press. Reviewers widely compared its gameplay to Doom, with some calling it the best Doom-clone for Amiga. The game was ranked the 12th best game of all time by Amiga Power.[12]

Legacy

Alien Breed 3D reappeared as one of the 25 games compiled for the A500 Mini console, released in 2022.[13]

Project Osiris

In 2021, a remake of Alien Breed 3D was made under the name Project Osiris, which uses the GZDoom engine; for example, with this engine, all maps and textures from the original game were converted with new visual effects.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Alien Breed 3D – Overview". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Alien Breed 3D". Indie DB. January 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ Alien Breed 3D II. Amiga Format (CD). No. 11. March 1997. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b Maddock, Andy (Christmas 1995). "Review: Alien Breed 3D". Amiga Computing. No. 94. pp. 116–117. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b McGill, Steve (December 1995). "Screen Play – Alien Breed 3D". Amiga Format. No. 78. pp. 49–51. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Nash, Jonathan (December 1995). "Game Reviews – Alien Breed 3D". Amiga Power. No. 56. pp. 30–33.
  7. ^ a b Captain Squideo (July 1995). "ProReview: Alien Breed 3D". GamePro. No. 1. United Kingdom. p. 18. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b Boni, Dino (November 1995). "CD review: Alien Breed 3D". Amiga CD32 Gamer. No. 18. Paragon Publishing. pp. 24–29. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b Dykes, Alan (September 1995). "Game Review: Alien Breed 3D". CU Amiga. No. 67. pp. 40–42. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b Dykes, Alan (January 1996). "CD32 Review: Alien Breed 3D". CU Amiga. No. 71. p. 58. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b Brown, Lee (Christmas 1995). "Review: Alien Breed 3D". The One (Maverick ed.). pp. 10–13. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  12. ^ Amiga Power magazine issue 64, Future Publishing, August 1996
  13. ^ Burton, Corinna (26 April 2022). "The A500 Mini: Where to buy the new Amiga retro console". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  14. ^ Project Osiris - Alien Breed 3D for GZDoom (1.0.3) - ZDoom
  15. ^ Project Osiris - Alien Breed 3D for GZDoom (v1.0.3) - Doomworld


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